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No. 261,052. Patented July 11, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN P. SEARS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,052, dated July 11,1882.

Application iiled May 31, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN P. SEARS, of the city of Buffalo, iu thecounty of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class ot' buckles which are provided atone end with a hook or bent portion, around which the strap is bent, andwhich forms, in connection with said strap, a billet or loop, therebydoing away with the necessity of sewing or otherwise attaching a billetto the strap.

The object of my invention is to construct the buckle in such mannerthat the end ot` the strap is securely attached thereto and at the sametime readily adjustable thereon; and my invention consists, to that end,ot' the particular construction of the buckle, as will be hereinafterdescribed, and pointed outin the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal section of myimproved buckle applied to a. strap. Fig. 2 is a top plan View thereof.Fig. 3 is a plan view of the buckle with the strap removed.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A A represent the 'side bars of the buckleframe, having their rear endscurved upwardly and connected by a. cross-bar, B.

O represents a cross-bar connecting the most depressed portions of theside bars, A, and c is a pivoted tongue attached to the cross-bar C andprojecting with its free end forwardly.

D is a cross-bar connecting the side bars, A, and arranged in front ofand slightly higher than the cross-bar C, so as to support the free endof the tongue c. The side bars, A, are curved upward in front of thecross-bar C and connected by a raised cross-bar, E, located in front ofand higher than the cross-bar D. The front ends of the side bars, A, areconnected together and bent upwardly and backwardly, so as to form ahook, F, which leaves an opening between its end and the cross-bar E.

G represents the strap, to which the buckle is attached, and which isprovided with a series of holes, g, whereby it may be engaged with thetongue c. The end ot' the strap G is drawn under the`cross-bar D andattached to the tongue c, as clearly represented in Fig. 1. This strapruns forwardly from under the crossbar D, and is bent around the hook Fand drawn under the cross-bars E and B, as represented in Figs. l and 2.The pivoted tongue cand cross-barD permit straps of various thicknessesto be securely attached to the buckle, and enable the strap to bereadily adjusted on the buckle, so as to lengthen or shorten the same,as may be required.

I claim as my invention- 1. A buckle composed of side bars, A, havingtheir rear ends connected by a cross-bar, B, and their connected frontends provided with a hook, F, an intermediate cross-bar, O, providedwith a pivoted tongue, c, and a cross-bar, D, arranged between thecross-bar C and the hook F, and adapted to support the free end of thetongue, substantially as set forth.

2. A buckle composed ot' side bars, A, having their rear ends connectedby a cross-bar, B, and their connected front ends provided with a hook,F, an intermediate cross-bar, C, provided with a pivoted ten gue,o, across-bar, D,arran ged between the cross-bar O and the hook F, andadapted to support the free end of the tongue, and a raised cross-bar,E, arranged between the cross-bar D and the hook F, substantially as setforth.

EDWIN P. SEARS.

Witnesses:

JNO. J. BONNER, CEAS. F. GEYER.

